So there I was, staring at my Sunna’s half-baked build, wondering if RNGsus had personally cursed my account. I’d dropped more stamina than I care to admit into Area Patrol, only to walk away with discs that had all the wrong main stats and substats that made me want to uninstall. Then, like a beacon of hope, the Advanced Bounty: Area Patrol event popped up in Zenless Zone Zero, and let me tell you, it completely flipped the script on my farming routine.
The whole thing kicked off on February 25, 2026, at 04:00 server time, and runs right until March 2, 2026, at 03:59. Essentially, you get double drops on two Area Patrol challenges per day — that’s twice the Drive Discs for the same amount of stamina. If you’ve ever chased a god-roll 4-piece set or tried to get that perfect Crit DMG substat, you know this is low-key one of the best events in the game. I mean, free extra discs twice a day? That’s hella value, and I wasn’t about to sleep on it.
First things first: the requirements. You’ll need Inter-Knot Level 21, have cleared “Path of the Proxy I,” and have Area Patrol unlocked. I’d ticked all those boxes ages ago, so I was ready to roll right when the event dropped. The daily reset happens at 04:00 server time, so I made it a habit to log in first thing in the morning, burn my two buffed challenges, and then go about my day feeling like a genius.
Now, here’s where the real head-scratcher comes in: what should you actually farm? The knee-jerk reaction is to just hammer whatever your current team needs, and that’s not a bad call. But with the current banners featuring Sunna and Yixuan, I knew I had to be a bit more strategic. I’d just pulled Sunna — no joke, I nearly screamed when that S-Rank animation popped — and she’s an absolute unit when built correctly. The best-in-slot for her is a Drive Disc set that gives a consistent 18% DMG Bonus for 25 seconds to all squad members after she unleashes her EX-Special Attack. That kind of team-wide buff is straight-up bonkers for clearing high-level content, so I prioritized farming that set like my life depended on it. My first day of double drops went almost entirely into chasing pieces with solid ATK% and Crit Rate substats. Did I get lucky? Eh, sort of. RNG is still a fickle beast, but double the attempts meant double the chances, and I managed to snag a couple of pieces that didn’t make me want to throw my controller.
Then there’s Yixuan. I also pulled her on the current banner — yes, my wallet is crying, but my heart is full. She’s a Rupture agent, and her optimal set is a no-brainer. It boosts HP%, increases CRIT Rate, and, here’s the kicker, it also increases Sheer DMG. That last bit is huge because it’s the only set in the whole game right now that amps up Sheer DMG, which makes it the undisputed 4-piece choice for any Rupture build. No other set even comes close, so during the event I dedicated a solid chunk of my daily double drops to that domain. Let’s be real: farming Rupture pieces can feel like pulling teeth because you often end up with tank stats when you need damage, but with two boosted runs a day, I was actually making progress. I managed to assemble a halfway decent 4-piece set by the third day, and my Yixuan is now hitting like a truck.
But not everyone is pulling for these specific agents, and honestly, sometimes the smartest long-term move is to farm flexible 2-piece options that will stay relevant for future characters. I learned that lesson the hard way back when I wasted a ton of stamina on a niche set that got powercrept two patches later. So during some of my event runs, I pivoted to universally strong 2-piece sets that I can slap on almost any new agent. My personal hit list included:
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Branch and Blade Song – Crit DMG boost, because big numbers make brain go brrr
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Woodpecker Electro – Crit Rate, which is always in demand
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Astral Voice and Hormone Punk – ATK% for those sweet, sweet raw stat increases
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Swing Jazz and Moonlight Lullaby – Energy Regen, so I can ult more often
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King of the Summit – this one is straight gas for most Stun agents
Crit and Energy Regen sets especially tend to age like fine wine. No matter what wacky new mechanics the devs throw at us in 2026, having a stash of cracked Crit Rate and Crit DMG pieces will never steer you wrong. I’d say roughly half of my event runs went into these evergreen domains, and honestly, my account is looking healthier than ever. My DPS builds were already pretty solid before the event, but now I’ve got a deep bench of off-pieces that let me experiment with new teams without starting from scratch.
Overall, the Advanced Bounty event might seem like a small thing — only two double drops per day — but over the course of a week, that’s 14 boosted runs. If you’re as obsessed with min-maxing as I am, that’s a boatload of extra discs that could be the difference between a 12-star Shiyu Defense clear and a 9-star heartbreak. And if you were planning to farm discs anyway, which you probably were because endgame ZZZ is basically a disc farming simulator, there’s zero reason to skip this. I made it a point to never cap my attempts, and by the end of the event, I had more usable pieces than I’d gotten in the previous month combined. RNG is still RNG, but volume solves a lot of problems.
So, my fellow Proxies, if you haven’t already, log in, burn those daily attempts, and squeeze every last drop of value out of this event before it vanishes on March 2. Your future self will thank you when you’re breezing through content with perfectly optimized agents. And don’t forget to check out the latest news and guides to stay ahead of the curve — knowledge is power, and power is clearing endgame without wanting to flip a table. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go decide whether to spend my remaining stamina on more Crit Rate pieces or finally touch some grass.